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Today’s Headlines: It’s officially Epstein Files Friday — meaning the DOJ is legally supposed to release the files today, per the law Trump signed 30 days ago. Coincidentally, House Speaker Mike Johnson sent Congress home early for the holidays, neatly avoiding being in the building when the files are either released or… not. Meanwhile, House Democrats dropped 70 more photos from Epstein’s estate, including plans for his island, disturbing “Lolita” imagery, redacted foreign passports, and photos of high-profile figures. The Trump administration is also moving to dramatically ramp up denaturalization efforts, telling immigration officials to target up to 200 citizenship revocations per month next year — a massive escalation for a process that’s historically rare. Trump’s media company announced a surprise $6 billion merger with a nuclear fusion firm, briefly reviving its stock, while questions swirl around the recent killing of an MIT fusion scientist and the now-closed Brown University shooting case. In other news, Trump unveiled a very familiar-sounding “Patriot Games” and backed renaming the Kennedy Center after himself, RFK Jr. cut funding for major pediatric health programs while pushing new restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, the government admitted liability in the deadly January DC plane crash, and The New Yorker launched a fully digitized 100-year archive — finally ending on a high note.
Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode:
The New Republic: Mike Johnson Sends Entire House Home Ahead of Epstein Files Deadline
Axios: Latest Epstein photos include "Lolita" quotes written on a woman's body
NYT: Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
CNN: Trump’s social media business is merging with a nuclear fusion company
MIT: Nuno Loureiro, professor and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, dies at 47
WaPo: Kennedy Center board votes to rename to ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
WaPo: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
NBC News: HHS moves to slash funding and access to care for transgender minors
AP News: US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
New Yorker: The Entire New Yorker Archive Is Now Fully Digitized
Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson
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